Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of computer science at tel aviv university”. Today it says “israeli mathematician and computer scientist”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Micha Sharir ( ; born 1950 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is a professor of computer science at Tel Aviv University , known for his work in computational geometry . After completing his undergraduate studies at Tel Aviv University in 1970, Sharir received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Tel Aviv in 1976 under the supervision of Aldo Lazar. After continuing his studies with Jack Schwartz at New York University , he joined the faculty at Tel Aviv in 1980, where he now holds the Isaias Nizri Chair in Computational Geometry and Robotics. He received an honorary doctorate from Utrecht University in 1996, the Feher Foundation Prize in Computer Science from the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies in 1999, the Landau Prize for Science and Research in 2002, and the million-dollar EMET Prize in the Exact Sciences from the A.M.N. Sharir has published over 250 scientific papers, and is an ISI highly cited researcher . Along with his Tel Aviv professorship, Sharir holds a research faculty position at New York University . 2007 EMET Prize Laureate – Prof. Micha Sharir at the Mathematics Genealogy Project .1
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Micha Sharir ( ; born 1950 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist .He is a professor at Tel Aviv University , notable for his contributions to computational geometry and combinatorial geometry , having authored hundreds of papers.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Micha Sharir ( ; born 8 June 1950 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist . He is a professor at Tel Aviv University , notable for his contributions to computational geometry and combinatorial geometry , having authored hundreds of papers.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli mathematician and computer scientist Micha Sharir ( ; born 8 June 1950 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist . He is a professor at Tel Aviv University , notable for his contributions to computational geometry and combinatorial geometry , having authored hundreds of papers.
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Israeli mathematician and computer scientist Micha Sharir ( Hebrew : מיכה שריר ; born 8 June 1950 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist . He is a professor at Tel Aviv University , notable for his contributions to computational geometry and combinatorial geometry , having authored hundreds of papers.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of computer science at tel aviv university”. Today it says “israeli mathematician and computer scientist”. Read the current article and compare.
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professor of computer science at tel aviv university
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israeli mathematician and computer scientist
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